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Black Americans have a higher incidence of cerebral venous thrombosis compared with other races

Blacks Have Higher Incidence of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

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Increases in the incidence of CVT from 2006 to 2016 driven mainly by increases among men, older women
Nursing home staff will have to be tested regularly for COVID-19

U.S. Nursing Home Staff Must Be Tested Regularly for COVID-19

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Long-term care facilities account for 42 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States
Experts are alarmed about revised U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines advising that people who do not have symptoms of COVID-19 do not need to be tested

Changes to CDC COVID-19 Testing Guidelines Trigger Concern

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Guidelines changed this week and prompted concern among infectious disease professionals
An effort that began in 1996 has led to the eradication of polio in Africa

WHO: Polio Eradicated in Africa

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Campaign by governments and nonprofits delivered nearly 9 billion polio vaccines
Survivors of childhood and adolescent and young adult cancer who develop a secondary breast cancer have significantly decreased breast cancer-specific survival

Survival Worse for Breast Cancers Secondary to Childhood Cancer

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Breast cancer-specific survival decreased for women previously treated with radiation for a primary cancer
Internationally

About One in Three Multiple Sclerosis Patients Have Migraine

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Pooled prevalence of migraine 31 percent in MS patients, with significant variance internationally
In a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online Aug. 26 in Circulation

AHA Details How to Lower Stroke Risk During, After Heart Surgery

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative strategies can help prevent perioperative stroke
Occupational exposures to burning wood

Exposure to Burning Wood Linked to Abnormal Cardiac Parameters

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Abnormal cardiac function, structure seen with exposure to pesticides, metals, burning wood
For adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder

Escitalopram Reduces Symptoms of Anxiety in Teens With GAD

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Increasing CYP2C19 metabolism linked to reductions in escitalopram Cmax, AUC
A patient-reported outcome measure can standardize symptom screening processes and improve symptom awareness for hemodialysis patients in routine clinical care

Patient-Reported Outcome Measure May Be Useful in Hemodialysis

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ESAS-r:Renal can standardize symptom screening but does not impact symptom management